The bill would expand the discretion currently granted judges in statutory rape cases and was promoted as bringing fairness under the law to LGBTQ defendants.
The current law, in place for decades, permits judges to decide whether a man should be placed on California’s sex offender registry if he had voluntary intercourse with someone 14 to 17 years old and was no more than 10 years older than the person.
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I'm sorry, but I have never heard of the 'current law' described in the 3rd paragraph. Matter of fact, I can remember reading numerous accounts of men over 21 having to register after being busted with their minor girlfriends.
Regardless, this is just outrageous. Now a 24 year old man can legally molest a 14 year old kid?
